resolver.

1. An electromechanical device that represents angular position through electrical signals.

2. A software component or service that converts a reference into its associated result, such as a name into an address.

3. A person or thing that resolves a problem, dispute, or uncertainty.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• a rotary resolver
• resolver output

On the page

The resolver output changed as the shaft rotated.

A damaged rotary resolver had misreported the arm’s angle.

Usage notes

Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: Singular resolver; plural resolvers. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.